Jan 1, 1994 · The five former members appealed to the state supreme court, asking not only for access to church financial records but also for reinstatement as church members.

First Church wished to undergo the process of disaffiliation from UMC while retaining its real property, as provided in Paragraph 2553 of the United Methodist Book of Discipline. First …

Oct 31, 2023 · The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that a judge had unlawfully interfered in The United Methodist Church’s disaffiliation policies and ordered that she dismiss two …

Apr 23, 2023 · Church of Christ of Collinsville was an Oklahoma case in the 1980s that established the right to resign membership, and that resigning withdraws consent to be subject …

Sep 14, 2025 · Spending millions of dollars on King James Version Bibles—a Protestant version of the Bible—plainly violates the Oklahoma Constitution and its promise of church–state …

Jan 1, 2009 · Some individuals have sued churches that disclosed embarrassing facts about them, as was the case in Guinn v. Church of Christ (Okla. 1989), in which a member sued a …

Feb 2, 2025 · Explore the legal complexities and considerations involved in suing a church, balancing religious autonomy with civil jurisdiction.

All charges have been dropped. Murray sued the church after a letter was read aloud at a 1982 worship service. The letter reproved her extra-martial affair and withdrew fellowship. Prior to …

Jan 29, 2025 · The Supreme Court is poised to hand down another major ruling on the separation between church and state. Last Friday, the justices agreed to hear Oklahoma Statewide …

For example, a court in Oklahoma upheld defamation and invasion of privacy claims against a church that communicated information about a former member’s sexual activities to other …